The United States has announced on Monday criminal charges level against China’s giant Huawei technologies co limited, broadening conflicts with the world’s biggest telecom equipment maker and ahead of trade talk negotiation between Beijing and Washington. The charges include bank fraud, theft of technology and obstruction of justice.
According to Reuters news reports, the US justice department has charged Huawei and its chief executive officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou alleged for violating the US sanctions on Iran by aiding business with Tehran through a subsidiary and further tried to hide and what was reported by Reuters in 2012.
The justice department, in a separate case, said Huawei has stolen robotic technology from T-Mobile Inc. Though, Huawei said the two companies have settled their conflicts in 2017. The T-Mobile tech, known as Tappy, mimicked human fingers to test phones.
“These charges lay bare Huawei’s alleged blatant disregard for the laws of our country and standard global business practices,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. He said companies like Huawei “pose a dual threat to both our economic and national security”.
According to the British Columbia Supreme Court, Meng was set to be present in a Canadian court to discuss the charges leveled against her and her company and changes on her bail terms on Tuesday, as scheduled.
The Canadian public broadcaster CNC has on Tuesday said, the country has received a formal extradition request while citing Canada’s justice department.
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said, “For years, Chinese firms have broken our export laws and undermined sanctions, often using US financial systems to facilitate their illegal activities. This will end.”
In an official statement, Huawei dismissed all charges and allegation, saying that it has not committed “any of the asserted violations” and that it was “not aware of any wrongdoing by Meng”.
Huawei said the allegations leveled against it were the subjects of a settled civil suit, where the jury has found “neither damages nor willful and malicious conduct on the trade secret claim”.